Oregon State Heads on the Road to Face No. 13 UCLA

Saturday, February 27

Los Angeles, CA

11:00 AM

Oregon State

UCLA

Photo by: Dave Nishitani/Oregon State Athletics

February 23, 2021 | Women's Gymnastics

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By: Athletic Communications

CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Beavers gymnastics team heads on the road to face #13 UCLA in Los Angeles.

MEET INFORMATION
DATE: Saturday, February 27
TIME: 11:00 AM PST
SITE: Pauley Pavilion - Los Angeles
TEAMS: #13 UCLA hosts Oregon State
STREAM: Pac-12 Networks
STATS: UCLABruins.com

The meet will air live on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Oregon, and Pac-12 Los Angeles. Fans with subscriptions to the network can also watch the meet on Pac-12.com, or via the Pac-12 Now app.

Oregon State notes | UCLA notes (coming soon)

ABOUT THE BEAVERS
• Oregon State is 2-3 on the season with two wins over Washington (1/23, 2/8) and losses to No. 13 California (2/21), No. 15 Arizona State (1/29), and Boise State (1/15).
• Though the Beavers have three losses on the season, their team score has steadily increased throughout the season. The team started the season with a 191.950 (1/15) before increasing to a 194.925 (1/23) and a 195.850 at Arizona State (1/29). The Beavers increased their average score by earning a 195.250 at Washington (2/8). Most recently, Oregon State notched its best score in 2021 with a 196.200 against California.
• Madi Dagen (beam) and Kaitlyn Yanish (floor) have won the individual title at all five meets on the season with a Dagen earning the vault title at four of the five competitions. M. Dagen notched the top score at the first three meets while Lacy Dagen topped her sister at Washington. L. Dagen finished with the highest OSU score against California for a second-place finish.
• Sydney Gonzales leads the freshmen with 11 routines, 10 hits, and two beam titles.
• After five meets, both the vault (13th) and the floor (15th) lineups rank in the top-15 while the beam lineup is 22nd in the nation.
• In the nation, Kaitlyn Yanish holds the fourth-best average on the floor.
• Injury report: Grace Johnson and Anna Yeates will sit the season out due to injury while Colette Yamaoka will be out with an injury for at least the month of February. Jane Poniewaz will be out for the rest of the season due to her injury at Washington. This report will be updated on Friday, Feb. 26.

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW
• Oregon State notched a season-best score of 196.200 but fell to #13 California.
• The Beavers came together to win the event title on the floor, 49.300-49.250.
• Kaitlyn Yanish came away with a 9.95 for her fifth floor title in as many meets.
• Madi Dagen and Kristina Peterson each score a 9.925 on beam to share the win with a California gymnast.
• OSU's M. Dagen, Peterson, and Kayla Bird each competed in the all-around. Peterson (bars, beam) and Bird (bars, floor) added two personal bests to earn their highest all-around score yet.
• Lacy Dagen notched the Beavers' top score, second overall, on vault with a 9.900 while Bird scored a 9.850 on bars to lead OSU and finish sixth overall.
• Other top-three performances for OSU: Kayla Bird - Floor - 9.900 (2nd); Kristina Peterson - All-Around - 39.225 (3rd)

IN THE RANKINGS
Team
Vault: 13th - 49.075
Bars: 49th - 47.740
Beam: 22nd - 48.870
Floor: 15th - 49.150
All-Around: 35th - 194.835

Individuals in the Top 100
Vault
14. Lacy Dagen - 9.875
50. Kaitlyn Yanish - 9.830
97. Lena Greene - 9.800

Beam
21. Madi Dagen - 9.870
58. Kristina Peterson - 9.831
71. Jenna Domingo - 9.817
79. Sydney Gonzales - 9.810

Floor
4. Kaitlyn Yanish - 9.920
93. Kayla Bird - 9.825

All-Around
49. Kayla Bird - 39.083
74. Madi Dagen - 38.875
85. Kristina Peterson - 38.725

*scores are averaged

2021 BEAVER AVERAGES

Team	49.075	47.740	48.870	49.150	194.835
Name	V	UB	BB	F	AA
Kayla Bird	9.750	9.695	9.481	9.825	39.083
Lacy Dagen	9.875
Madi Dagen	9.720	9.525	9.870	9.819	38.792
Jenna Domingo		9.100	9.817
Savanna Force				9.735
Lexie Gonzales			9.488
Sydney Gonzales	9.795		9.810	8.850
Lena Greene	9.800
Kaitlyn Hoiland		9.375
Grace Johnson
Niya Mack		9.456		9.660
Alexa McClung
Julia Melchert
Kristina Peterson	9.755	9.358	9.831	9.815	38.725
Jane Poniewaz	9.733	9.531	9.787
Colette Yamaoka
Kaitlyn Yanish	9.830			9.920
Anna Yeates
Ariana Young		9.450	9.550

2021 BEAVER HIGH SCORES

Team	49.225	48.700	49.200	49.400	196.200
Name	V	UB	BB	F	AA
Kayla Bird	9.775	9.850	9.800	9.900	39.175
Lacy Dagen	9.900
Madi Dagen	9.950	9.750	9.925	9.900	39.000
Jenna Domingo		9.100	9.850
Savanna Force				9.850
Lexie Gonzales			9.725
Sydney Gonzales	9.850		9.900	8.850
Lena Greene	9.800
Kaitlyn Hoiland		9.775
Grace Johnson
Niya Mack		9.750		9.850
Alexa McClung
Julia Melchert
Kristina Peterson	9.800	9.675	9.925	9.875	39.225
Jane Poniewaz	9.825	9.750	9.825
Colette Yamaoka
Kaitlyn Yanish	9.875			9.950
Anna Yeates
Ariana Young		9.725	9.750

OREGON STATE RECORDS
Individuals
Vault: 10 - Kristie Snyder (1995, '96), Katrina Severin (2001)
Bars: 10 - Chari Knight (1992, '92, '93, '94, '94), Heather Bennett (1996), Danae Phillips (1999), Elizabeth Jillson (2003), Kaytianna McMillan (2017)
Beam: 10 - Chari Knight (1992, '93, '93), Michelle Sandoz (1994)
Floor: 10 - Amy Durham (1993, '93), Lara Degenhardt (1999), Chrissy Lamun (2003), Tasha Smith (2008)
All-Around: 39.75 - Chari Knight (1993)
Team
Vault: 49.475 (1999, 1996)
Bars: 49.675 (2013)
Beam: 49.600 (2004)
Floor: 49.700 (2004)
Overall: 197.850 (2013)

ABOUT #13 UCLA
• #13 UCLA is 4-1 on the season after beating #15 Arizona State (1/23), #15 Arizona (1/31), #11 BYU (2/10), and Washington (2/14). Most recently, the Bruins fell to #3 Utah (2/19).
• Gradually increasing its score since the start of the beginning of the season, the Bruins competed for a season-high 197.100 against the Utes.
• In their latest meet against the Utes, UCLA hit all 24 of their routines with the lowest score being a 9.725.
• The Bruins rank in the top-20 with all four of their lineups. The vault team leads with a 10th-place average while the beam and floor teams follow, each 11th in the nation. The bars lineup collectively ranks 17th in the nation. All four lineups hold an average score above a 49.
• Senior Nia Dennis leads the team as the seventh-best all-around gymnast in 2021 with top-50 rankings on vault (37th), bars (43rd), and floor (24th).
• First-year standout, Chase Campbell, follows closely in the nation's rankings. Leading as the 12th-best floor gymnast, and 23rd on vault, Campbell also ranks 53rd on beam and 40th all-around.
• All three of the Bruins all-around competitors are currently in the top-40 among the nation's AA gymnasts. Margzetta Frazier (23rd) rounds out the Bruins' all-arounders so far.

2021 BRUIN AVERAGES

Team	49.130	49.060	49.065	49.190	196.445
Name	V	UB	BB	F	AA
Emma Andres				9.735
Chae Campbell	9.865	9.581	9.835	9.900	39.162
Nia Dennis	9.845	9.850	9.667	9.888	39.475
Frida Esparza		9.770	9.815
Norah Flatley
Margzetta Frazier	9.780	9.845	9.775	9.895	39.295
Paige Hogan				9.450
Savannah Kooyman		9.775	9.600
Chloe Lashbrooke
Brooklyn Moore
Kendal Poston	9.830		9.805
Samanatha Sakti			9.640	9.625
Nicole Shapiro			9.725
Kalyany Steele		9.738
Sara Taubman		9.775		9.650
Pauline Tratz	9.810	9.712		9.831
Sara Ulias		9.608		9.725
Lilia Waller
Sekai Wright	9.725			9.737

2021 BRUINS HIGH SCORES

Team	49.225	49.125	49.425	49.450	197.100
Name	V	UB	BB	F	AA
Emma Andres				9.825
Chae Campbell	9.900	9.850	9.925	9.950	39.425
Nia Dennis	9.900	9.900	9.900	9.950	39.475
Frida Esparza		9.900	9.900
Norah Flatley
Margzetta Frazier	9.875	9.925	9.925	9.925	39.400
Paige Hogan				9.450
Savannah Kooyman		9.825	9.600
Chloe Lashbrooke
Brooklyn Moore
Kendal Poston	9.875		9.875
Samanatha Sakti			9.950	9.625
Nicole Shapiro			9.725
Kalyany Steele		9.750
Sara Taubman		9.825		9.650
Pauline Tratz	9.850	9.775		9.900
Sara Ulias		9.875		9.725
Lilia Waller
Sekai Wright	9.725			9.875

AGAINST #13 UCLA
• UCLA leads the all-time series, 89-28-1.
• The Beavers last met the Bruins in 2020. Then-ranked #3 UCLA beat Oregon State 197.250-196.825 on Feb. 29 in Corvallis. Isis Lowery and Madi Dagen tied for the top OSU score, fourth overall, with a 9.875 on beam. Kaitlyn Yanish earned the floor title with a 9.950. As a team, the Beavers won the bars and the floor with the Bruins combining for the top score on the vault and beam.
• Oregon State last found a victory over UCLA in 2017 at the Pac-12 Championships. The Beavers finished second to Utah with a 197.400. OSU's top finishes: Dani Dessaints - T-1st (9.950) - Vault, Erika Aufiero - 1st (9.950) - Bars, Dani Dessaints - T-2nd (9.950) - Beam, Kaytianna McMillan - T-4th (9.900) - Floor, Kaytianna McMillan - 4th (39.450) - All-Around.

2021 FIRST-PLACE FINISHES
vs. Boise State
Madi Dagen - Vault - 9.900
Madi Dagen - Beam - 9.850
Kaitlyn Yanish - Floor - 9.900

vs. Washington
Madi Dagen - Vault - 9.950
Kayla Bird, Kaitlyn Hoiland - Bars - 9.775
Madi Dagen, Sydney Gonzales, Kristina Peterson - Beam - 9.800
Kaitlyn Yanish - Floor - 9.950

at #15 Arizona State
Madi Dagen - Vault - 9.950
Madi Dagen, Sydney Gonzales - Beam - 9.900
Kaitlyn Yanish - Floor - 9.900

at Washington
Lacy Dagen - Vault - 9.850
Madi Dagen - Beam - 9.875
Kaitlyn Yanish - Floor - 9.900

vs. #13 California
Madi Dagen, Kristina Peterson - Beam - 9.925
Kaitlyn Yanish - Floor - 9.950

ABOUT HEAD COACH TANYA CHAPLIN
• Tanya Chaplin enters her 24th season directing the gymnastics program. With a record of 431-251-3 at the start of the 2021 season, she owns the most wins in the gymnastics program's history. She earned this distinction with her 318th win in 2014, against Iowa State.
• During her time at OSU, she has become well-known as one of the best in the business for the choreography her gymnasts' floor and beam routines see, putting her athletes in the best position to entertain the crowd as well as the judges.
• Since 1997-98, when Chaplin came to Oregon State, gymnastics has 12 NCAA Championship team appearances with 13 additional individual appearances throughout six different seasons. The Beavers have seen two NCAA Regional titles (2008, 2011) and two Pac-12 titles (2011, 2013) under Chaplin's direction.
• A five-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year, Chaplin has coached 19 Pac-12 individual champions, with three two-time champions and two four-time champions, three Pac-12 Gymnasts of the Year (with one two-time) and three Pac-12 Freshman of the Year.
• Over the course of her career at OSU, Chaplin has led 29 gymnasts to earn All-American honors - one seven-time honoree, two six-time, two four-time, four three-time, five two-time, and 14 one-time honorees, including one gymnast who earned the honor before and after Chaplin joined the Beavers.

ABOUT ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH MICHAEL CHAPLIN
• Michael Chaplin joined Oregon State at the same time as Tanya Chaplin. Coaching the Beavers since, Chaplin was named the associate head coach prior to the 2004 season.
• As part of the Oregon State gymnastics coaching staff, Chaplin has been named the NACGC West Region Co-Assistant Coach of the Year twice (1999, 2003) and the NACGC West Region Co-Coach of the Year once (2011).
• In combination with Tanya Chaplin, he has coached Oregon State to 12 NCAA championship team appearances with two NCAA Regional titles and two Pac-12 championships.
• Chaplin serves as OSU's vault and tumbling coach.

THE ROSTER
Here are some quick hitters about the 2021 Oregon State gymnastics roster:
• The Beavers have seven seniors on the team (Lacy Dagen, Lena Greene, Savanna Force, Lexie Gonzales, Niya Mack, Colette Yamaoka, Kaitlyn Yanish). They have combined to perform 225 routines in their career entering the season.
• There were six additions to the squad this fall with the arrivals of freshmen Sydney Gonzales, Kaitlyn Hoiland, Grace Johnson, Julia Melchert, Anna Yeates, and Ariana Young.
• Ten of the 13 returning gymnasts on the 2021 team competed in at least one meet for the Beavers last season. Alexa McClung and Jane Poniewaz are seeking their first competition routines at OSU, in addition to the six freshmen.
• The Beavers have two gymnasts that hail from the state of Oregon - Lena Greene (Tigard) and Alexa McClung (Salem).
• OSU also has one gymnast from outside the continental 48 states - Jenna Domingo (Kapolei, Hawai'i).
• Though unable to finish the 2020 season out, the Beavers return 10 of 24 routines from the 2019 NCAA Championships lineup. Mariana Colussi-Pelaez (bars), Mary Jacobsen (vault, floor, bars) and McKenna Singley (vault, floor, beam) graduated in 2019 while Hallie Briscoe (bars), Sabrina Gill (bars, beam), Maela Lazaro (beam), and Isis Lowery (beam, bars, floor) graduated following the 2020 season. Those returning are Madi Dagen (vault, floor, beam), Lacy Dagen (vault, beam), Savanna Force (floor), Colette Yamaoka (beam), and Kaitlyn Yanish (vault, floor).

A LOOK BACK AT 2020
• The Beavers finished the season ranked No. 15.
• OSU opened the 2020 season with a second-place finish at the Critique Classic with a 194.450. The Beavers posted the top score on the uneven bars to help beat Iowa (192.700) and Bridgeport (189.300). Oregon State fell to No. 8 Georgia (195.100) in their opening meet.
• The next month saw a 6-2 record with a first-place finish in a tri-meet against Seattle Pacific and Centenary and two second-place finishes in tri-meet against Arizona State & Louisiana State and No. 21 Arizona & Sacramento State.
• The Beavers closed the season with four-straight losses against No. 3 Utah, No. 10 California, No. 3 UCLA, and No. 12 Washington despite seeing some of their best team scores, including a tie for the highest against UCLA with a 196.825 score, on the season.
• All four of OSU's lineups were ranked among the top-20 in the nation. The beam lineup was the highest ranked for the Beavers at No. 12 (48.700 national qualifying score), while the bars (48.600) and floor (48.700) ranked No. 14, and vault (48.450) was No. 19.
• The Beavers' routine production breakdown looked like this: Seniors performed 105 of 240 routines (43.75%), sophomores produced 50 of 240 (20.83%), juniors 48 of 240 (20%), and freshmen 37 of 240 (15.42%). Lacy Dagen will return as a senior with 18 of the seniors' 105 routines.
• Kaitlyn Yanish (floor) and Madi Dagen (beam) were named to the Pac-12 All-Conference team.
• 11 OSU gymnasts were named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll. The honorees included: Halli Briscoe (Organizational Leadership, MS), Lacy Dagen (sociology), Madi Dagen (digital communication arts), Savanna Force (kinesiology), Lexie Gonzales (digital communication arts), Lena Greene (bioengineering), Jaime Law (design & innovation management in OSU's Honor College), Maela Lazaro (biohealth sciences), Isis Lowery (human development and family sciences), Kristina Peterson (human development and family services) and Colette Yamaoka (biology).
• 15 gymnasts were recognized as Scholastic All-Americans by the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association: Kayla Bird, Halli Briscoe, Lacy Dagen, Madi Dagen, Jenna Domingo, Savanna Force, Lexie Gonzales, Lena Greene, Jaime Law, Maela Lazaro, Isis Lowery. Alexa McClung, Alyssa Minyard, Kristina Peterson, and Jane Poniewaz.

RETURNING FOR 2021
• The Beavers return 13 gymnasts from 2020 including 10 that competed last season.
• Among those 13 returning gymnasts are seven seniors - Lacy Dagen, Savanna Force, Lexie Gonzales, Lena Greene, Niya Mack, Colette Yamaoka, and Kaitlyn Yanish - who will be expected to provide leadership for the squad.
• Lena Greene, who missed the 2017 season due to injury, will be using her fifth year of eligibility and will compete as a redshirt senior in 2021.
• Lacy Dagen, who suffered knee injuries in her first two seasons at Florida, will be returning for her fourth year of competition as a redshirt senior in 2021.
• Oregon State returns one WCGA Regular Season All-American from 2019. Kaitlyn Yanish was recognized for her routines on the floor exercise for the second straight season.

LOADING UP FOR 2022
• In November, two gymnasts made official commitments to join the Oregon State gymnastics program for the 2021-22 academic year. Natalie Briones (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Phoebe Jakubczyk (Bristol, United Kingdom) are scheduled to enroll at Oregon State this coming summer.
• In addition, 2018 signee Jade Carey (Phoenix, Ariz.), who has deferred her enrollment to train for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, still plans to join the Beavers in time for the 2022 season.

UP NEXT
• The Beavers return home for their final home meet against No. 4 Utah on March 5.